I want to trigger an automation in a parent table, when the number of its children changes. I am using a summary of field, basically "# of children", and I have named that field in my trigger definition "When any of the following fields change:" I can add and drop children, and the summary field (number) reflects that change, but automation does not seem to get triggered. Shouldn't this work?
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Jeffrey Pierce
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Automation: Trigger on Summary Field Change
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+24Sorry, no way.
Well not no way but not that way. Email Notifications and Actions and webhooks and Automations will only fire when a record is edited. They do not trigger just because of the passage of time (like at the stroke of midnight a task becomes overdue) or the # of children changes.
But you have an easy answer. You can trigger when a record is added or deleted on the children table.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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Well not no way but not that way. Email Notifications and Actions and webhooks and Automations will only fire when a record is edited. They do not trigger just because of the passage of time (like at the stroke of midnight a task becomes overdue) or the # of children changes.
But you have an easy answer. You can trigger when a record is added or deleted on the children table.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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